1. Lech Lecha

2. Lech Lecha

3. The 3rd Torah Portion Reading 3rd reading in the Book of Genesis
Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha = “Go forth”
The 3rd Torah Portion Reading
3rd reading in the Book of Genesis
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17

4. Genesis 12 God calls Abram; blesses him with a promise of Christ
He departs with Lot from Haran
Abram journeys through Canaan,
which is promised him in a vision
He is driven by a famine into Egypt
Sarai is taken by Pharaoh,
Who is compelled by plagues to restore her

5. Genesis 13 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt and agree to separate
Lot goes to Sodom
God renews the promise to Abram

6. Genesis 14
Genesis 14:11-14 (KJV) 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

7. Genesis 15 God encourages Abram Abram complains for lack of an heir
Canaan promised again

8. Genesis 16 Sarai, being barren gives Hagar to Abram
Hagar despises her mistress, is punished,
and runs away
An angel sends her back, telling her she
will bear a child
Hagar bears a son who is named Ishmael

9. Genesis 17 God renews the covenant with Abram
Sarai’s name is changed, and she is blessed
Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised

10. When God changed the names he put a Heh in it, Names are the same except heh thrown in, He put the spirit into their name, the Holy Spirit is now in Abraham and Sarah.
It is interesting to look at the names of God, and see that abba means Father, a familiar term. Ab, Ben, Ruch a cadasch – The words for Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This may be where the magic word Abracadabra originated.

11. Lech Lecha – Matthew 1
The genealogy which opens the Gospel of Matthew and the New Testament is in many respects the most important document in the Scriptures. The entire Bible rests upon its accuracy.
The New Testament rests upon the accuracy of this genealogy because it establishes the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is of the line of Abraham and of the line of David. Both are very important. The line of Abraham places Him in the nation, and the line of David puts Him on the throne -- He is in that royal line.
"The book of the generation" is a phrase which is peculiar to Matthew. It's a unique expression, and you won't find it anywhere else in the New Testament.

12. Lech Lecha – Matthew 1
Jesus is the Son of Abraham and it is very important that He be the Son of Abraham, because God had said to Abraham, "...in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed..." (Gen. 22:18). And in Galatians 3:16 Paul explains who that "seed" is: "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ." So Jesus Christ is the Son of Abraham.
Matthew says Jesus is "the son of David, the son of Abraham." Didn't Matthew know that Abraham came before David? Of course he did because he makes that clear in the rest of the genealogy. Then why did he put it this way? He is presenting the Lord Jesus as the Messiah, the One who is the King, the One who is to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. And that comes first. He must be in the line of David in fulfillment of the prophecies that God made to David. He is the Son of David.
Thru The Bible with J. Vernon McGee.

13. Lech Lecha Thamar Rachab Ruth Bathsheba
In Jesus' day it was indeed unusual to find in a genealogy a woman's name -- yet here we have four names. They are not only four women; they are four Gentiles.
Thamar
Rachab
Ruth
Bathsheba

14. Thamar
"Thamar" is the first one, and she is mentioned in verse three. Her story is in Genesis 38, and there she is called Tamar.
Genesis 38:6-8 (KJV) 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

15. Thamar
Genesis 38:9-11 (KJV) 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

16. Thamar
Genesis 38:13-16 (KJV) 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.)

17. Thamar
Genesis 38:24-26 (KJV) 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

18. Thamar Leviticus 21:9 (KJV)
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

19. Genesis 38 story of Judah’s sin with Tamar
The toast given here is very prophetic.
Severus; “How could Fornicators Be in Jesus’ Lineage?”
It is for this reason [to show Christ’s true humanity] that in this genealogy the Evangelist mentioned in his list even those who had shocking carnal relations that were in appropriate and outside the law.
Jesus had to come from a pure blood line, pure human, not pure in their actions.

20. Genesis 38 story of Judah’s sin with Tamar

21. Genesis 38 story of Judah’s sin with Tamar

22. Genesis 38 story of Judah’s sin with Tamar.

23. Rahab
Joshua 2:1-3 (KJV) Jos 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

24. Rahab
Joshua 2:8-11 (KJV) Jos 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

25. Rahab
Matthew 1:5-6 (KJV) 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

26. Rahab
Hebrews 11:31 (KJV)
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

27. Ruth
Matthew 1:5-6 (KJV) 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
"Ruth" is the next one mentioned in verse five. She is a lovely person, and you won't find anything wrong with her. But at Ruth's time there was the Law which shut her out because it said that a Moabite or an Ammonite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord (see Deut. 23:3). Although the Law kept her out, there was a man by the name of Boaz who came into his field one day and saw her. It was love at first sight.

28. Bathsheba Matthew 1:6 (KJV)
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
"Bathsheba" is not mentioned by name but called "her that had been the wife of Urias" (v. 6). Her name isn't mentioned because it wasn't her sin. It was David's sin, and David was the one that really had to pay for it. And he did pay for it. She got into the genealogy of Christ because God does not throw overboard one of His children who sins. A sheep can get out of the fold and become a lost sheep, but we have a Shepherd who goes after sheep and always brings them back into the fold. He brought David back. So this is the whole story of salvation right here in this genealogy.

29. Luke comes down to Heli who is Mary’s father.
We will see in verse And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Because of the sin of this man Jechonias, no one in his line could ever sit on the throne of David. You see, Joseph is in this line, but Joseph is not the natural father of Jesus. This is one of the most remarkable facts in the Scriptures, and Matthew is trying to make it clear to us. Joseph gave to Jesus the title, the legal title, to the throne of David because Joseph was the husband of Mary who was the one who bore Jesus. Jesus Christ is not the seed of Joseph, nor is He the seed of Jeconiah. But both Joseph and Mary had to be from the line of David, and they were—through two different lines from two different sons of David. We’ll find when we get to Luke that Mary’s line comes from David through his son Nathan. Joseph’s line comes through the royal line through Solomon.

32. Jeremiah 22:30
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
This is the royal line – you can imagine what Satan must have thought. There is a blood curse on the royal line.

33. Daughters of Zelophehad
Torah exception on rules of inheritance
- Requested of Moses Numbers 27:1-11
- Granted by Joshua Joshua 17:3-6
Husband adopted by father of the bride
Ezra 2:61; Neh 7:63; Num 32:41; 1 Chr 2:21-23
Anticipates the lineage of Christ
- Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli Luke 3:23
Greek: nomizo, reckoned as by law
The father of the bride adopts the son into the family. Then he and the daughter can receive the inheritance.
By this Jesus has a right to the thrown both thru the father and the mother.

34. Daughters of Zelophehad
The Virgin Birth
Hinted at the Garden of Eden:
- “The seed of the Woman…” Genesis 3:15
Prophesied by Isaiah:
- “A Virgin shall conceive…” Isaiah 7:14
Required by the blood curse on the royal line
Jeremiah 22:30

35. 3 Guys Missing Ahaziah slain by Jehu 2 Kings 9
Joash slain by servant 2 Kings 12
Amaziah slain by Jerusalem 2 Kings 14
These three guys got into idolatry, and encouraged it within the community, and were slain. Deuteronomy talks about what can happen to people who get into idolatry.

36. 3 Guys Missing
(Deut 29:20) The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
The record of what they did is recorded in scripture but they were blotted out of the genealogy. Later when it says there were 14 generations from this one to that one, there were really 17 but these three were blotted out completely.

37. These are not blood line but are of the adopted type.

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